Sportklub Sturm Graz is an Austrian women's football club based in Graz, Styria. The club was founded in 1909 however the women's section has been in existence since 2011.[1] Sturm Graz play in the ÖFB-Frauenliga, the top flight of domestic women's football in Austria and are regular competitors in the UEFA Women's Champions League. The team's colours are black and white.

SK Sturm Graz

Full name	Sportklub Sturm Graz
Founded	2011; 11 years ago (2011)
Ground	Messendorf Trainingszentrum, Graz
Capacity	1500
President	Christian Jauk
Manager	Mario Karner
League	ÖFB-Frauenliga
2021–22	ÖFB-Frauenliga, 2nd (Runners-Up)
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

Sturm Graz plays its home matches at the Messendorf Trainingszentrum, a 1,500-capacity stadium that is situated in Graz.[2]

History

The club was formed in 2011 after taking over FC Stattegg's women's team, despite interest from rivals Grazer AK in also taking over the team.[3] The club started out playing in the 2nd Women's League East,[4] before getting promoted at the end of the 2012/13 into the ÖFB-Frauenliga. After an 8th place finish in their inaugural top-flight season, Sturm Graz went from strength to strength and qualified for the UEFA Women's Champions League after finishing 2nd in the 2015/16 season.[5] They were knocked out of their first Champions League campaign at the Round of 32, losing 0-9 on aggregate to Zürich.[6][7] Since the 2015/16 season, Sturm Graz have finished as runners-up twice more.

Current squad

As of 13 September 2022.[8]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  AUT Mariella El Sherif 5 DF  AUT Julia Magerl 7 DF  AUT Stefanie Grossgasteiger 8 DF  AUT Stefanie Kovacs 10 MF  USA Emily Cancienne 11 MF  AUT Anna Malle 12 MF  AUT Jessica Frieser 13 GK  AUT Christina Schönwetter 15 MF  AUT Paula Roth 16 DF  AUT Julia Mak 18 FW  AUT Julia Wagner

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 MF  AUT Annabel Schasching 20 DF  AUT Mona Mittendrein 21 GK  AUT Vanessa Gritzner 22 MF  CAN Marie-Yasmine Alidou 23 MF  AUT Chiara D'Angelo 24 DF  AUT Katharina Weiss 25 DF  AUT Valentina Kröll 27 MF  AUT Sarah Schiemel 29 FW  KOS Modesta Uka 36 DF  AUT Julia Keutz 38 MF  AUT Anna Wirnsberger

Honours

• ÖFB-Frauenliga
  • Runners-up (3): 2015-16, 2016–17, 2018–19

Record in UEFA Women's Champions League

Summary

By season

Season	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Agg
2016–17	Round of 32	Zürich	0–6 [9]	0–3 [10]	0-9
2017–18	Qualifying round	Noroc Nimoreni	4–0 [11]		2nd of 4 [12]
		NSA Sofia	3–1 [13]
		Apollon Limassol	1–4 [14]
2019–20	Qualifying round	Braga	0–2 [15]		3rd of 4 [16]
		Rīgas FS	4–0 [17]
		Apollon Limassol	2–7[18]

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